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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1936
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The question of a competition in aid of the St. John Ambulance,
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behalf of Sir Walter's of Gabriel blow. He began to bate kelvie, C. A. Goldenberg, C. Guim- GREATEST soothing plant let us look, Corsigan with all his shaking, J. Shepherd Wong Ka Taun into the case of Martin Burney nerves and soul Even murder and W. I. Alexander.
1: was revealed that Fisher; of They were · constructing the occurred to him in a vague sort
to the Speedway along the west bank of of way. Five days he went with cen, was suspended
and of the season for striking a the Harlem River. The grub-boat out the taste of tobacco.
South China "B" team player in of Denis Corrigan. sub-contrac- One day a man, stopped at the NEXT SAILING NORTHWARDS: S/S "CONTE VERDE" 13th Feb tor, was moored to a tree on the boat to say that there was work their last League zame. NEXT SAILING SOUTHWARDS: S/S "CONTE VERDE" 23rd Feb bank. Twenty-two men belonging to be had in the Bronx Park,
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THROUGH TICKETS TO LONDON-29 days Special facilities for the kitchen of the grab-bost, was thirty yards down the river bank cussion, and it was found that ow despatch by wain of heavy baggage with liberal free allowance.
lof the race of the Goths.
away from the maddening swelling to the heavy fixture lists of INTERCHANGEABLE RETURN TICKETS with the Dollar Lines on Over them all stood the exor-of the others' pipes. He sat down the Chinese teams, it was not very favorable conditions.
bitant Corrigan, harying them upon a stone. He was thinking possible to accommodate their re- like the captain of a galley-crew. he would set out for the Bronx quest, but that when the time He paid them so little that most At least he could earn tobacco came for the allocation of the
Hong Shang Naga Kobe Tako- of the gang, work as they might, there. What if the books did say Sunday Herald Charity and the
Kong hai waki
hama Emolulz Fictoria eamed little more than food and he owed Corrigan? Any man's ctewall Cup funds, they would
Leave Arrive Leave Leave Leave Leave Arrive tobacco; many of them were in work was worth his keep. But be specially considered.
E/Canada Feb. 11 Feb. 13
Feb. 16 Feb. 18 Feb. 25 Mar. 1 debt to him. Corrigan boarded then he hated to go without get-
At a meeting of the League Japan
E/Russia Feb. 25 Feb. 23 Mar. . Mar. 3 Mar. 5
Mar. 14 them all in the grab-bost and ting even with the hard-hearted Management Committee held yes-ASE
Mar. 6 Max. 8
- Mar. 11 Mar, 18 Man 19 Max 24 gave them good grub, for he got screw who had put his pipe out. terday, Lieut. Chaplin, of the East £/Canada Ape, 3 Apr 5
April 6 Was there any way to do it?
Lancashire Regiment, was mani Russia Apr. 17 Apr. 19 Apr. 21 Apr. 28 Apr. 25
Apr. 9 Apr 10 Apt. 17 Apr. 2
May 4 Martin Surney
farthest Was
ફ mously elected Chairman of the £/Japan May 1 May
May 6 May 8 May 14 May 19 behind of all. He was a little man,
Committee in succession to Capt E/Canada May 29 May 31
E/Asin May 15 May 17 May 19 May May 13
Jun 1 all muscles and hands and feet,
Hague.
Jane 3 June 5 June 12 June 17 E/Bassia June 12 June 14 June 16 June 18 June 20
Je 29 with a grey-red, stubbly beard.
The team to represent the Foot Japan Jme 25 June 28 The work was hard. Besides
ball Association against the Chin-
E/Asia
July 10 July 12 July that, the banks of the river were
ese Federation in the Governor's E/Bassia Aug. 7 Ang 9 hug.
E/Canada July 24 July 25 humming with mosquitoes. As a
Cup on Saturday is as follows:- E/Japan child in a dark room fixes his re-
HEFA Rowlands (Fusiliefs);
Ang. 21 Aug. 23 Softly stepping among the clods Swain (East Lancz.) and Wolverson gard on the pale light of a com-came Tony. he of the race of (Navy) (Captain); North forting window, these
(Police), toilers
Goths, who worked in the kitchenavy); B. Gosano (Recreio), Rose Beitimo (Bercio) and Bowers watched the sun that brought around the one hour of the day and that unhappy man, fall of Talbot
He grinned at Burney's elbow, (Navy), D. Leonard (St. Joseph's), that tasted less bitter. After the
(Fusiliers) and Bickford sundown supper they would hud-rhanity in contempt, growled at
animosity and race
holding (Club).
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Each week Burney grew deeper (in debt. Corrigan kept a small stock of goods on the boat, which he sold to the men at prices that brought him no loss. Burner was
TO-MORROW'S STORY
To-morrow's story will be The Confession," by Bessie Millard.
Dago?**
Tony also contained a grievance -and a plot. He, too, was a Cor- rigan hater, and had been primed to see it in others.
"How you like-a Mr. Corrigan he asked. "You think-a bim nice-a “men ?**
Chinese Federation:- Wong Wing (South China); Lee Tin-sang (South China) and Mak Sui-ion (Athletic); Lai Kwok-chin (Athletic), Leung Wing-chin (South China) and Lee. Kwok-wai (South Chins): Tso Kwai- ashing (South China), Fing King- cbeang (South China), Lee Wai-tong (South China. "B") and Chan Kwai- (South China), Cheak Shek-kam
"To hell with'." he said. "May
a good customer at the tobacco his liver turn to water, and the lang (South China). counter. One sack when he went bones of bin crack in the cold of:
Shield Draw
SENIOR
to work in the morning and one his heart. May dog fennel grow The following is the draw for when he came in at night, so upon his ancestors' graves, and
the Semi-Final Round of the much was is account swelled the grandsons of his children be
Shield competitions: daily.
born without eyes. May whisky! Burney was something of aturn to clabber in his mouth, and CLUB smoker. Yet it was not true that every time he sneezes may he he ate his meals with a pipe in blister the soles of his feet. And S. CHINA "A" v S, China “ his mouth, which had been said the smoke of his pipe-may it
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Eastern (Causeway Bay. 2.30 p.m.)
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of him. The Ittle man was not take his eyes water, and the E LANCS. ¡discontented. He had plenty to drops fall on the grass that his jeat, plenty of tobacco, and a tyrant cows eat and poison the butter ENGINEERS
to carse; so why should not he, that he spreads on his bread.” an Irishman, be well satisfied?
Though Tony remained
anti-Corrigan in its tendency. So, with the confidence of a fellow- conspirator he sat by Burney upon the stone and unfolded his plot.
U.S.R.C. LADIES TRIUMPH IN OPEN DOUBLES
(Continued from Page Li Miss Kunjahn Faib
One morning as he was starting stranger to the beauties of this with the others for work he stop-imagery, he gathered from it the ped at the pine counter for his conviction that it was sufficiently (usual sack of tobacco.
"There's no more for ye," said Corrigan "Your account's closed. Ye are a losing investment. No not ever tobaccy, my son, No
It was very simple in design. (game more tobaccy on account. I je Every day after dinner it was some good points. She was unfor- want to work on and eat, do so Corrigan's habit to sleep for an tunate, however, in that she did but the smoke of ye has all ascend- hour in his bunk. At such times not receive any support from her seemed to be so ed. "Tis my advice that ye hunt it was the duty of the cook and partner, who a new job."
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his helper. Tony, to leave the over-awed by the occasion that boat so that no noise right dis-her tennis was much below usual "I have no tobaccy to smoke in turb the autocrat The cook a3-standard my pipe this day, Mr. Corrigan,"ways spent this hour in walking
The losers might have secured: said Burney, not quite understand-exercise. Tony's plan was this: a few more games had they not ing that such a thing could han-After Corrigan should be asleep been so contert to play a baseline ¡pen to him.
he (Tony) and Burney would cut game. “Earn it,” said Corrigan. “and the mooring ropes that held the then buy it.”
boat to the shore. Tony lacked from the white of his eyes. He Burney stayed on. He knew of the nerve to do the deed alone fixed his gaze dreamily upon the no other job. At first he did not Then the awkward boat would hills across the river. realise that tobacco had got to be swing out into a swift current "Bout time to go now," said his father nad mother, his confes-and surely overturn against a rock Tony. sor and sweetheart, and wife and there was below.
Burney started out of his trance child.
“Come on and do it." said Bar-with a grunt He turned his head- For three days he managed to ney. "If the back of ye aches and gazed with a surprised nad his pipe from the other men's from the lick he give ye as the pit pained severity at his accomplice. sacks, and then they shut him off, of me stomach does for the taste He took the cigar partly from his fone and all.
of 2 bit of smoke, we can't cut mouth, but sucked it back again Then the blackness of the pit the ropes too quick”
immediately, chewed it loomgly || - arose and filled the heart of 'Buzz-| "All z-right,” said Tony. "But once or twice and sent stocke, in}} ney. Sucking the corpse of his better wait bout-a ten minute virulent puis, from the corier of deceased dudheen, he staggered more Give-2 Corristam plenty bis month. through his duties with his bar-time get good-a sleep.”
"What is it, ya yaller haythen? rowful of stones and dirt, feeling They waited, sitting upon the Would ye lay contrivances against for the first time that the curse of stone. The rest of the men were the enlightened races of the earth. Adam was upon him. Other men at work out of sight around a ye instigator of illegal crimes? bereft of a pleasure might have bend in the road. Everything Would ye seek to persuade Martin recourse to other delights, but would have gone well-except, per Burney into the dirty tricks of an Barney had only two comforts in hapa, with Corrigan, had not Tony indecent Dago? Would ye be for To life. One was his pipe, the other been moved to decorate the plot murderin' your benefactor, the was an ecstatic hope that there with its conventional - accompani- good man that gives ye food and would be no Speedways to build ment. He was of dramatic blood, work? Take that, ye pankin- jon the other side of Jordan, and perhaps he intuitively divined coloured assassin!
.:
At meal times he would let the the appendage to villainous The torrent of Burney's indig- other men go first into the grub-machinations as prescribed by the nation carried with it bodily as bost, and then he would go down stage. He pulled from his shirt Bault. The toe of his shoe sent 7th Feb. ca his hands and knees, grovelling bosom a long, black, beautiful, the would-be cutter of rope umbi- Toms, 6th Feb. fiercely upon the ground where venomous cigar, and handed it to ing from his sext.
they had been sitting, trying to Burney.
Tony arose and fled.
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a kutenden Joff the end as a terrier bites at a setting his face in the direction of TAPPING At the first whin of the smoke rat. He laid it to his lips like a the Bront -be spat in the direction of the long-lost sweetheart. When the in his wake was a rank and boat and put the finest curse helmoke began to draw he gave a pernicious trail of noisome smoke {knew on Cazrigan-one that he- king, deep, migh, and the bristles that brought peace, to his heart. gan with the fast, Corrigans born of his grey-red moustache curled and drove the birds from the road- on earth and ended with the Corridoux over the like the talons side into the deepest thickets. gans that shall hear the trumpet of an eagle Sto the red faded
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